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Enrollment
504
Middle
DISTRICT 541 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORTON CUSD 709·NCES 172680002865
Morton Jr High School
225 E Jackson St, Morton, IL 61550 · (309) 266-6522 · Tazewell County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL504 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Illinois public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
80 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 56%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 249 | 49% |
| Grade 8 | 255 | 51% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 69% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Morton Jr High School→Morton High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Morton CUSD 709. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
86.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
63.4%
IL avg 37.9% . +12.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.3% | 63.4% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 50.6% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.4%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Illinois's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Morton Jr High School
Morton Jr High School's state test result (72.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morton Jr High School this school | 504 | 15.9% | 72.5% |
| Columbia Middle School Columbia | 612 | 17.3% | 71.4% |
| Williamsville Jr High School Williamsville | 444 | 18.0% | 67.8% |
| Rochester Intermediate School Rochester | 394 | 15.2% | 46.4% |
| Waterloo Junior High School Waterloo | 613 | 18.3% | 62.9% |
| Germantown Hills Middle School Germantown Hills | 374 | 16.8% | 79.4% |
Matched among Illinois middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Morton Jr High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Tazewell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.5% | #20 of 578 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #55 of 640 ▲ 19 | #1 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #33 of 640 ▼ 6 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #284 of 691 | #3 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #299 of 558 | #5 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.9% | #491 of 560 | #9 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #555 of 581 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #80 of 127 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
504
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 504 | 38.3 | 13.2:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 39.2 | 12.9:1 | 18% (90) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 36.1 | 13.4:1 | 15% (74) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 31 | 15.4:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 29 | 14.3:1 | 14% (57) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 9% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 425 | 29 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 30 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Morton Jr High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (478 to 504); teachers up 24% (31 to 38.3).
About Morton Jr High School
Morton Jr High School is a mid-sized middle school for students in Morton, Illinois. The school serves grades 7 through 8. Enrollment is 504 students.
A total of 6 schools make up Morton CUSD 709, with 3,247 students enrolled.
The share of students at Morton Jr High School who are White is 90%. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among Tazewell County residents, the White share is about 93%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Morton Jr High School scores 18%.
Its staff includes 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.2 students per teacher. The average ratio among middle schools in Illinois is similar, at 13.0:1. Roughly 16% of students at Morton Jr High School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 39% average for public schools in Tazewell County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Morton Jr High School lands at A, ahead of 90% of Illinois public middle schools.
Morton Jr High School scores 72.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 62.4%.
In Tazewell County, home to about 130,290 people, median household income comes to about $77,982, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 56 public schools in the county, enrolling about 18,581, Morton Jr High School among them.
Morton Jr High School's nearest public school is Morton High School (about 0.2 miles). In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Morton Jr High School. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Morton Jr High School is 2nd on average proficiency.
Morton Jr High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (510) to 2024-25 (504).
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Tazewell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
130,290
Census ACS
Median income
$77,982
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
56
18,581 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Morton CUSD 709
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 1,061 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Grundy Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Lettie Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Morton AcademyCombined
Other schools in Morton
- Morton High SchoolHigh · 1,061 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- Grundy Elementary SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 354 students
- Lettie Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 346 students
- Morton AcademyCombined
Nearby schools
- Morton High School0.2 mi · 1,061
- Jefferson Elementary School0.4 mi · 354
- Lincoln Elementary School0.8 mi · 517
- Grundy Elementary School1.0 mi · 465
- Lettie Brown Elementary School2.2 mi · 346
- Woodrow Wilson Elementary School5.1 mi · 162
Frequently asked questions
About Morton Jr High SchoolHow large is Morton Jr High School?
Morton Jr High School enrolls approximately 504 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Morton Jr High School serve?
Morton Jr High School serves grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Morton Jr High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Morton Jr High School is approximately 13.2:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Morton Jr High School?
Student demographics at Morton Jr High School are roughly 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Morton Jr High School in?
Morton Jr High School is part of Morton CUSD 709.
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